Mask
Item number E129510-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.
Item number E129510-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.
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From card: "Raven." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Exhibit Hall 9, case 33, where it was identified as a human-raven mask.Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Jennifer Kramer (anthropologist) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. Having an ear on a bird was common, the masks represents a transformed human or humanoid bird. This one has human eyebrows and a human forehead.
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From card: "Raven." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Exhibit Hall 9, case 33, where it was identified as a human-raven mask.Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Jennifer Kramer (anthropologist) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. Having an ear on a bird was common, the masks represents a transformed human or humanoid bird. This one has human eyebrows and a human forehead.
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